California

California California The Spaniards first founded California when they wanted to increase the Spanish land area. But not many Spanish wanted to live here because of Indians. Then later Mexico fought for California and controlled the land. Then California was officially made a part of America when The Mexican-American war ended on February 2, 1848. Nine days later gold was discovered at Sutter’s hill. Then a gold rush swept the Americas. Because of this California’s population soared. One of the main cities in California and the capital of California is Sacramento. It is the marketing and manufacturing center for the northern part of the great Central Valley. The Old Sacramento Historic District along the river is a collection of restored buildings dating from 1849 to 1870, the period of the Pony Express and the gold rush. Also, other attractions for tourist include the California State Library, and the governor’s mansion. Also the Indian museum at Sutter's Fort State Historical Monument is a top attraction. One of the two dominating cities in California is Los Angeles. It is the largest city in the state. It also passed Chicago california, san, city, francisco, born, world, valley, los, angeles, record, diego, because, spanish, one, largest, death, whitney, miles, later, land, home, feet, best, about, yards, time, state, rushing, played, opened, old, mount, la, holds, gold, fresno, founded, first, disneyland, bridge, bay, baseball, america, year, wanted, until, two, tourist, st, southern